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Norway’s Magnus Carlsen retained his World Chess Championship title with victory over Ian Nepomniachtchi of Russia in Game 11 to take an unassailable 7.5-3.5 lead in their match in Dubai.

HUNTINGTON — A local substance use disorder treatment facility is suing the state and its contracted managed care organization for failure to enforce federal substance use disorder parity laws. In January, UniCare, the managed care organization (MCO) for West Virginia Medicaid, stopped providing reimbursements to OVP Health for urine drug screens performed in OVP Health’s in-house lab. Instead, the screens must be tested at a reference lab to get reimbursements. OVP offers medication-...

Sponsored by: When Thoroughbred owner Steven McCanne partnered with trainer Bob Hess Jr.  to claim a 5-year-old California-bred gelding for $40,000 at Del Mar last Nov. 27, he said he was taken aback somewhat by the horses name: Royal Trump. McCanne assumed breeders Larry and Marianne Williams named the son of Ministers Wild Cat after Donald J. Trump, the 45 th president of the United States. The horse, produced from a mare named Royal Woodman, was foaled on May 8, 2015, a month befo...

By @tinocochinoradio, @theeserinaperez Feb 8, 2021 An ankle fracture has led to Natural History, the 4-year-old gelding to be euthanized. Making him the fourth racehorse to die while racing or training at Santa Anita since December 26th when the season opened. Natural History was injured Saturday and the track shared on its website "Horse was transported for diagnostic examination and it was determined by the attending veterinarian to be an unrecoverable injury." The horse was trained by Ro...

A 4-year-old gelding has been euthanized after fracturing his ankle.

A 4-year-old gelding has been euthanized after fracturing his ankle.

A 4-year-old gelding has been euthanized after fracturing his left front ankle during a workout at Santa Anita Park, becoming the fourth racehorse to die during...

A 4-year-old gelding has been euthanized after fracturing his ankle.

Tata Steel Chess 2021: Giri Sole Leader Before Final Rest Day With three rounds to go, GM Anish Giri is the sole leader at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. The Dutch GM managed to beat GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek from an equal endgame after GM Fabiano Caruana and GM Magnus Carlsen drew their game. GM Alireza Firouzja also split the point with GM Nils Grandelius. How to watch? The Tata Steel Chess Tournament runs January 16-31, 2021. All rounds start at 14:00 CET (5 a.m. Pacific) except for the fin...

On Wednesday, December 9, Hikaru Nakamura and Wesley So played the first semi-final of the chess.com Speed Chess Championship. The match was close but in the end Nakamura's skills in bullet chess helped him to a narrow 13½-12½ win. On Saturday, he will play in the final, either against Magnus Carlsen or against Maxime Vachier-Lagrave who will face each other in the second semi-final on Friday, December 11. | Picture: chess.com